Roelof Botha joins SpaceX's board of directors | TechCrunch
…CEO Elon Musk enjoys near-absolute control and shareholders have little power. Musk has more than 80% of the now-public company’s voting power, and owners of SpaceX stock will have…
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Trump admin proposes axing brake-pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla | TechCrunch
…to deploy as many robotaxis as they want since they already have manual controls. Topics autonomous vehicles , Government & Policy , robotaxis , Tesla , Transportation , zoox When you purchase through links in our articles, we…
GM agrees to pay $12.75M in California driver privacy settlement | TechCrunch
…and transparent with our customers about our practices and the choices and control they have over their information.” This post has been updated with more details from GM's statement. Topics Government…
Revolut rolls out services to thousands of users in India ahead of broader launch | TechCrunch
…8 billion) in May, per Indian government data. A Revolut spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company is currently “in the controlled onboarding of waitlisters” and that a beta version of its app…
How Elon Musk will increase his power through the SpaceX IPO | TechCrunch
…the corporate governance requirements of Nasdaq.” Crucially, Musk’s voting control means he will be able to decide anything requiring shareholder approval. That includes decisions such as mergers and acquisitions. If Musk…
The US says ASML's top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn't | TechCrunch
…The government hasn’t yet made its evidence public, and it’s worth withholding judgment until it does. The Commerce Department, under Lutnick’s leadership, agreed late last year to put up…
Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's historic IPO | TechCrunch
…He then got involved in the Trump administration, leading the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” — which, by all accounts, did not cut overall government spending and mostly involved canceling a number…
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker | TechCrunch
…That older device arrived at a time when smart speakers were thought of largely as handy controllers for your smart home and music-playing systems. They lacked the smarts of today’s…
These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware | TechCrunch
…Government spies can record phone calls, steal chat messages, access photos, and switch on the device’s camera and microphone to record ambient sound and record nearby conversations. Spyware also typically tracks…
The CEO of Allbirds' new AI biz has a plan, but no employees | TechCrunch
…The ideal Smartbird customers need direct control over the servers running their models — typically for political or business-model reasons — and value data sovereignty over the scalability of the public cloud. Carlsten…